"In 1778, English navigator Captain James Cook reached the present-day Hawaiian Islands, which he dubbed the Sandwich Islands. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson asked Congress in a confidential message for $2,500 in funding for exploration of Western lands all the way to the Pacific, an early step in the eventual formation of the Lewis and Clark expedition that would ultimately accelerate American expansion westward beyond the Mississippi River."
"In 1911, the first landing of an aircraft on a ship took place as pilot Eugene B. Ely brought his Curtiss biplane in for a safe landing on the deck of the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco Harbor. In 1958, Canadian Willie O'Ree became the first Black player in the National Hockey League as he made his debut with the Boston Bruins. In 1977, scientists identified the bacteria responsible for the deadly form of atypical pneumonia known as Legionnaires' disease."
"In 1990, Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry was arrested after FBI agents caught him smoking crack cocaine in a hotel room in a videotaped sting. (Convicted of drug possession, Barry spent a few months in prison, returning to win a D.C. Council seat in 1992 and his fourth and final mayoral victory in 1994. He died in 2014.) In 1993, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was observed in all 50 states for the first time."
Today is Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. On Jan. 18, 2019, Jason Van Dyke was sentenced to nearly seven years for killing Laquan McDonald in 2014. In 1778, Captain James Cook reached the Hawaiian Islands. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson requested $2,500 from Congress to fund western exploration toward the Pacific, contributing to plans for the Lewis and Clark expedition. In 1911, pilot Eugene B. Ely completed the first aircraft landing on a ship. In 1958, Willie O'Ree became the first Black NHL player. In 1977, scientists identified the bacterium causing Legionnaires' disease. The date also includes notable political and cultural events such as Marion Barry's 1990 arrest and the 1993 nationwide observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
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